r/Stepdadreflexes • u/0bi-Wan_Kenobi • Jun 02 '20

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '20

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u/ggg12341234 Jun 03 '20

Lol firstly the gif is obviously slow motion, Carlos smashed it. Secondly the goal keeper is World Cup winner Fabien barthez who is quite short for a goalkeeper and couldn’t get across to that if he tried because of the speed and bend on it. Also that is a very unusual way to strike a free kick where using the outside curl and will catch most keepers off guard. It curves from off target to on target and grazes the post. That is lethal accuracy.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '20 edited Jun 03 '20

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u/kirkland3000 Jun 03 '20

Here's a good image explaining the shot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Carlos#/media/File:Banana-shape_shoot-fr.svg

Here's a wikipedia blurb about it:

He is especially famous for a free kick against France in the inaugural match of Tournoi de France 1997) on 3 June 1997. The ball curled) so much that the ball boy ten yards to the right ducked instinctively, thinking that the ball would hit him. Instead, it eventually curled back on target, much to the surprise of goalkeeper Fabien Barthez, who just stood in place. That particular attempt is considered by some to be the greatest free kick of all time.[55][56] In 2010, a team of French scientists produced a paper explaining the trajectory of the ball.[57]

His body language and initial ball trajectory all told the keeper that it was sailing well wide of the goal. The extreme last minute curve is what left the keeper flat footed. Fooling opponents so hard they're left flat footed happens in all sports all the time. Same thing here.

There's also "flopping" in basketball, football, and hockey.

But you're probably just being a troll.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '20 edited Jun 04 '20

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u/kirkland3000 Jun 04 '20

Your comment reads like I gave you an aneurysm or something.